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Influenza update: Sofia schools suspend classes

Nick Iliev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:00 +0200

Kindergartens to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and universities to decide for themselves whether to suspend classes.

Sliven police capture illegal immigrants bound for Greece

Nick Iliev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:38:00 +0200

Five illegal immigrants from Iran and Iraq caught by Bulgarian police in Sliven.

Three Bulgarians arrested in Moscow, embassy says

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +0200

The detainees will be held for 48 hours for questioning

Bulgaria unemployment rate reaches 8.23% in October

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:00 +0200

Seven thousand people lost their jobs in October, labour minister says

CSKA Sofia lose third match in Europa League

Nick Iliev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:43:00 +0200

CSKA Sofia are bottom of Europa League group E with one point and their next match is against Fulham at Craven Cottage on December 3

Levski Sofia succumb to late Red Bull Salzburg winner

Nick Iliev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:00 +0200

Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia are out of contention for the knockout stages of the Uefa Europa League.

Four Bulgarians arrested in Moscow after police raid illegal software production - media report

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:41:00 +0200

After initial complaint, Bulgaria allows Russian police to search premises owned by the Bulgarian state

Deputy head of veterinary service arrested on bribery charge

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22:00 +0200

Leonid Lavchev sent an intermediary to collect 1000 leva from a dairy farm in Haskovo, investigators say

Former cabinet minister investigated for alleged embezzlement, malfeasance

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:06:00 +0200

Former labour minister Emilia Maslarova follows the example of Socialist party leader and former prime minister, Sergei Stanishev, in requesting that her MP immunity is lifted

Influenza update: sixth death in Bulgaria, Sofia schools face suspended classes

Nick Iliev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:40:00 +0200

Health Minister: Influenza strain is not seasonal flu, it is swine flu. More than 100 000 Bulgarians are down with the H1N1 strain.

A European future

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:02:00 +0200

Bulgaria seeks its place in the Lisbon Treaty’s new EU

Post-tripartite stress disorder

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:00 +0200

Bulgaria’s three former ruling parties are pursuing their own agendas three months after the elections

Mountain of a mess

Nick Iliev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Vitosha’s internecine power struggle leaves the ordinary tourist paying the price of stagnation

Debating ‘Enlargement lite’

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Assessing the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy and its Eastern Partnership

By the numbers

Alex Bivol — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

The new Cabinet’s first Budget bill is much-scaled back compared to the bloated 2009 Budget

Looking back in anger

Alex Bivol — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Government’s ‘difficult inheritance’ dominates Boiko Borissov’s discourse on reaching 100 days mark

Plotting the course

Alex Bivol — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

After 100 days in office, Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov pinpoints 10 key issues for Cabinet in ‘the next 100 days’

E-government dream

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

E-government could save 10 per cent of public costs, branch organisation says

Long awaited repairs

Zornitsa Markova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Flannagan’s will be replaced by a French brasserie as part of a 10 million euro Radisson renovation

What became of the Wall?

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Trading in the Berlin Wall’s remnants continues two decades after its fall